Brewster may refer to:

People

Brewster (surname) Brewster is an English language, English occupational surname, indicating a female involved in brewing. Notable people with the surname include: * Anna Brewster (born 1986), English actress and model * Benjamin Brewster (disambiguation), many people ...

Brewster Kahle Brewster Lurton Kahle ( ; born October 21, 1960)Alexa Internet profile
, via juggle.com. accessed Novemb ...

(born 1960), American computer technologist *

Brewster H. Shaw Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr. (born May 16, 1945) is a retired NASA astronaut, U.S. Air Force colonel, and former executive at Boeing. Shaw was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 6, 2006. Shaw is a veteran of three Space Shuttle ...

(born 1945), American astronaut

Places

Brewster Park (Enniskillen) Brewster Park is a GAA stadium in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of the Enniskillen Gaels and the County ground of Fermanagh GAA. The ground was renovated in 2007 and now has a capacity of roughly 18,000 ...

, Northern Ireland * Brewster (crater), The Moon

United States

Brewster, Florida Brewster is a ghost town in southwest Polk County, Florida, United States, ten miles south of Mulberry. It is at an elevation of 143 feet above sea level and has been uninhabited since the early 1960s. The population is 3, according to the 2010 C ...

Brewster, Kansas Brewster is a city in Thomas County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 291. History Brewster was named for L.D. Brewster, a railroad official. Brewster was a station and shipping point on the Chicago ...

Brewster, Massachusetts Brewster is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. The population of Brewster was 10,318 at the 2020 census. Brewster is twinned with the town of Budleigh Salterton in the U ...

** Brewster (CDP), Massachusetts *

Brewster, Minnesota Brewster is a city in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 473 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. It is located one-half mile from the ...

Brewster, Nebraska Brewster is a village in, and the county seat of, Blaine County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 17 at the 2010 census. History The town was laid out in 1884 by George Washington Brewster who had homesteaded the land there. It was ...

Brewster, New York Brewster is a village and the principal settlement within the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York. Its population was 2,390 at the time of the 2010 census. The village, which is the most densely populated portion of the county, was nam ...

Brewster (Metro-North station) Brewster station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in Brewster, New York. A sizable amount of the station's ridership comes from across the Connecticut state line given the quicker trips, shorter headways ...

Brewster Hill, New York Brewster Hill is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,089. Brewster Hill is located on the eastern side of Tonetta Lake and ...

* Brewster, Ohio *

Brewster, Washington Brewster is a city in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,370 at the 2010 census. History Brewster was founded in 1896. A post office called Brewster has been in operation since 1898. The city derives its name from ...

Brewster County, Texas Brewster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in West Texas and its county seat (and only city) is Alpine. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region, and borders Mexico. Brewster County is the ...

Brewster Creek Brewster Creek is located in the Firestone Park area of Akron, Ohio and is a vital drainage waterway for the region. The length of the creek is nearly 5.5 miles (8.85 kilometers) with an average width of 13 feet (3.96 meters). The creek originates ...

, in Akron, Ohio

Islands in Boston Harbor

Great Brewster Island Great Brewster Island is one of the outer islands in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, situated some offshore of downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of , plus an intertidal zone of a further . Unlike the other out ...

Little Brewster Island Little Brewster Island is a rocky outer island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is best known as the location of Boston Light, one of only five remaining Coast Guard-staffed lighthouses in the United States, and an impor ...

Middle Brewster Island Middle Brewster Island is a rugged outer island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, located offshore from downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of , reaches a height of above sea level, and is bounded by sharp cliffs ...

Structures

Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects The Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects (officially named the Frederick Douglass Homes, and alternately named Frederick Douglass Projects, Frederick Douglass Apartments, Brewster-Douglass Homes, and Brewster-Douglass Projects) were the largest res ...

, in Detroit, Michigan, USA *

Brewster Hospital The Brewster Hospital building is a historic U.S. hospital in the LaVilla neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida. It was located at 915 West Monroe Street. On May 13, 1976, the building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. In ...

, in Duval County, Florida, USA

Schools

Brewster Academy ) , established = , type = Independent boarding school , gender = Co-educational , head_name = Head of School , head = Kristy Kerin , chair_label = Chair of Trustees , chair = R C Ballentine Esq , city = ...

, a boarding school in New Hampshire, USA *

Brewster High School (Brewster, Washington) Brewster High School is a high school in Brewster, Washington. The school has about 420 students in the junior and senior high, and 990 students K-12. Discrimination suit In October 2005, a group of eight Latino parents filed a discrimination la ...

, USA *

Brewster School District (disambiguation) Brewster School District can mean: * Rural school districts in Washington#Brewster School District * Brewster School District, Minnesota. {{School disambiguation ...

, several

Business

* Brewster & Co., American coachbuilders and automobile maker and a brand of automobile **

Brewster Aeronautical Corporation The Brewster Aeronautical Corporation was an American defense contractor that operated from the 1930s until the end of World War II. History Originally a carriage builder, Brewster & Co.'s involvement in aviation began in the aftermath of W ...

, the aircraft manufacturing division ***

Brewster F2A Buffalo The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications ...

, an American fighter aircraft which saw limited service early in World War II *

Brewster Jennings & Associates Brewster Jennings & Associates was a front company set up in 1994 by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as a cover for its officers. The most famous is Valerie Plame, a "covert employee of the CIA" whose then-classified status was published in a ...

, a front company set up by the CIA *

Crocker & Brewster Crocker & Brewster (1818–1876) was a leading publishing house in Boston, Massachusetts, during its 58-year existence. The business was located at today's 173–175 Washington Street for nearly half a century; in 1864 it moved to the adjoining ...

, publishing house in Boston, USA

Science

Brewster's angle Brewster's angle (also known as the polarization angle) is an angle of incidence at which light with a particular polarization is perfectly transmitted through a transparent dielectric surface, with ''no reflection''. When ''unpolarized'' light ...

, a physics concept *

Brewster (unit) The brewster (B) is a non-SI unit used to measure the susceptibility of a material to photoelasticity, or the value of the Photoelasticity#Principles, stress-optic coefficient of the material. The unit has dimensions reciprocal to those of stress. O ...

, a unit of measure named after David Brewster *''

Edinburgh Encyclopædia The ''Edinburgh Encyclopædia'' is an encyclopaedia in 18 volumes, printed and published by William Blackwood and edited by David Brewster between 1808 and 1830. In competition with the Edinburgh-published ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', the ''Edin ...

'', 1808–1830 publication edited by David Brewster

Entertainment

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Brewster McCloud ''Brewster McCloud'' is a 1970 American black comedy film directed by Robert Altman. The film follows a young recluse (Bud Cort, as the title character) who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome, where he is building a pair of wing ...

'', a 1970 film *'' Brewster's Millions'', 1902 novel * ''Brewster's Millions'' (1985 film) *'' Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!'', a comic strip *''

Punky Brewster ''Punky Brewster'' is an American sitcom television series about a young girl (Soleil Moon Frye) being raised by a foster parent (George Gaynes). The show ran on NBC from September 16, 1984, to March 9, 1986, and again in syndication from Octobe ...

'', a TV program * Brewster the Guru, a minor character on ''

The Muppet Show ''The Muppet Show'' is a sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and featuring the Muppets. The series originated as two pilot episodes produced by Henson for ABC in 1974 and 1975. While neither episode was moved forward as a ser ...

'' * Brewster, one of the protagonists on ''

Chuggington ''Chuggington'' (also known as ''Chuggington: Tales from the Rails'' since series six) is a British computer-animated children's television series aimed at toddlers, produced by Ludorum PLC (Series 1–5) and Herschend Entertainment Studios ( ...

Other uses

Brewster Chair A Brewster Chair is a style of turned chair made in mid-17th-century ("Pilgrim Century") New England, United States. Origin The "Brewster Chair" was named after Willam Brewster, one of the Pilgrim fathers who landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts ...

, a style of chair formerly made in New England *

Brewster Color Brewster Color was an early subtractive color-model film process. A two color process was invented by Percy Douglas Brewster in 1913, based on the earlier work of William Friese-Greene. It attempted to compensate for previous methods' problems ...

, a color film system *

Brewster Body Shield The Brewster Body Shield or Brewster Body Armor was the first effective body armor developed for the United States Army in World War I, designed by Dr. Guy Otis Brewster from Dover, New Jersey. During World War I, the United States developed s ...

, a prototype World War I body armor *

Brewster (police dog) Brewster (2004–2017) was Britain's longest serving police dog. He was an English Springer Spaniel The English Springer is a breed of gun dog in the Spaniel group traditionally used for flushing and retrieving game. It is an affectionate, ...

, (2004-2017), the longest serving police dog in Britain